I think this assignment was a great idea. It allows the students to add input into what they think this course should cover. For this assignment, I chose to have the reader write a bash script file. Scripting is an important tool that Linux provides. It allows you to execute lines of code without you […]
Our final project has reached completion. Everything works, the only thing left to do is to play the game for hours on end and try to produce errors, as well as catch spelling mistakes and proper spacing. Since the last post, a great deal of thought went into considering the fighting style of the game. […]
We have decided to make each room a folder. However, instead of having folders in folders for our room layout, we will have all the room folders in one subdirectory. We have also decided to use multiple files in each folder for the different actions to use. We have split the project up amongst ourselves. […]
In the past two weeks, I have met with my final project group twice. We have decided to create a text based adventure game for The Walking Dead. The structure of the game will be based on the Linux filesystem. Each folder will be its own room, with the different directions you can move. For […]
After completing the practice midterm exam, I felt pretty confident going into the actual exam. The questions on the exam were pretty straight forward and somewhat challenging. However, one of the scripts that was supposed to record entries in the terminal did not work. I decided I was wasting too much time messing around with […]
Homework 4 turned out to be a little more confusing than anticipated. It was the first time using a data structure rather than just a variable. The requirement of the assignment was to write a python script that would take in an inventory file and manipulate the data based on commands provided through standard in. […]
These past two weeks have mostly been looking at our last and next python assignments. The last homework looked like it was going to be quite difficult. However, after starting the homework, I realized that pretty much everything I needed to know was in the assignment description. The links to other websites with examples helped […]
This week, we learned a little more about the UNIX file system. The file system is similar to that of any other major operating system. There are some exceptions however. For instance, instead of having multiple drives (ie. C:\, D:\), everything is located under the root directory (/) as seen below. All other devices (disk […]
Basic Shell Commands This week in ECE 2524, we took a look at some of the basic shell commands listed below. alias diff man rmdir unalias cat echo mkdir script whereis cd exit more source which cp hostname mv ssh whoami chmod less pwd tar ps date ls rm touch grep find head tail ln […]
First, I would like to state that Ubuntu is not the first Linux operating system (OS) I have used. I do have some experience with different versions of BackTrack (BT). Before installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I considered learning BT more in-depth for a class I am taking at Virginia Tech (Intro to Unix for Engineers). […]